A First Look at Chorioamnionitis Management Practice Variation among US Obstetricians

Table 2

Respondent characteristics.

Respondent characteristics	𝑁=212
Female	103 (48.8%)
Male	109 (51.2%)
Median age (IQR)	51 (43–60)
Physician ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	173 (82.0%)
Other	38 (18.0%)
Number of deliveries annually
<100	84 (40.0%)
>100	126 (60.0%)
Region of US^a
West	46 (22.0%)
Midwest	54 (25.8%)
South	69 (33.0%)
Northeast	38 (18.2%)
Practice location
Suburban	106 (50.2%)
Urban	75 (35.5%)
Rural	25 (11.8%)
Other	5 (2.5%)
Predominant patient insurance type
Private	154 (73.3%)
Public	55 (26.2%)
Uninsured	1 (0.5%)
Predominant patient ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	148 (70.8%)
Hispanic White	32 (15.3%)
Other	29 (13.9%)
Years in practice
0–5	5 (2.4%)
6–10	43 (20.3%)
11–15	43 (20.3%)
16–20	25 (11.8%)
21–25	34 (16.0%)
26–30	27 (12.7%)
>30	35 (16.5%)
Practice setting
Private or community	174 (83.2%)
University or academic	29 (13.9%)
Government	5 (2.4%)
Other	1 (0.5%)
Practice type
Obgyn partnership/group	140 (66.0%)
University/teaching institution	26 (12.3%)
Solo practice	38 (17.9%)
Laborist/hospitalist	0
Other	8 (3.8%)

^aLocation of practice divided into four regions for purposes of analysis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Geographic Regions of the United States,” http://www.cdc.gov/.